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Originally Posted by lVlittens
Yet players still ask around for spare batteries....
If you bring a spare battery you are obviously smarter than the man standing next to you.
The point you addressed isn't regarding a single battery. It's regarding when you run out of batteries. Perhaps I should have made that more clear.
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I run GBBR's with an AEG backup... I'm still using the same can of propane from May, with 2 spare cans in case I run out. Plus I've got 3 spare batteries for my AEG. A single one of those batteries will last me a full day, the other two are spares. In a couple of weeks I'll probably be getting an HPA setup as well, so I highly doubt I'll be running out of HPA, propane, and batteries...
Most seasoned airsofters using AEG's will have 2 spare batteries in addition to their primary battery, a back up for their back up. GBBR players will have more gas than they know what to do with and spare parts to keep their guns up and running if in the off chance something breaks down. If you've got an HPA setup, you're pretty much good for days on a field with a HPA compressor (which is pretty much every local field in my region).
As for cost, $15 for a bag of bb's will last me multiple game days. Admission fee is $10-15 depending on the field, so airsoft definitely more cost efficient as I'd be spending $15 a month for bb's, and $10-15 for entry each time. And if in the off chance someone does run out of batteries, usually another player will offer to lend you theirs or the field will have spare loaners.
As for paintball, the prices I've seen are usually $10-15 for 100 paintballs, say admission is $10 (this is sorta pushing it as most places I've seen are $20 for drop in PB) and air is another $10, you're looking at minimum ~$50 if you use 300 paintballs for a day, and that's for the average paintball player with their own gear, not someone like yourself with "perks".
PS. if you're in the States, airsoft should be even cheaper.